Hard SciFi which actually forced me to look up some science stuff I wasn't really conversant with. I love when that happens!
Quite interesting ideas, involving physics and earth science and sociology. I'm looking forward to more in the series.
Complex, futuristic world filled with interacting characters whose motives are hard to understand. The narrator is admitedly unreliable. A tiny bit of magic, the rest is futuristic and surprising. No nations left, religion rejected, morality left to self-chosen groups who all have differing ideas. A hard read, but a deeply intriguing one.
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I do enjoy this series. Quick reads with lots of twists and turns. Just a touch of horror.
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Wow. Starts slow, and I don't know enough about Oppie to know how true the first part of the book is, but it was certainly interesting. The second half is where the sci fi comes in. Surprising ending! When all looks lost, science steps up.
Okay, I read about a third of this and all it is is a narrative of a guy playing a video game. Boring...
I never really clicked with the main character in this. Won't be continuing the series. So not really series love, alas.
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Wow. Good wrap up for the series. The VUlture God crew is on the run from the Architects and from the creature(alien, whatever) that is making them attack and alter planets with intelligent life forms. What do they want? What can stop them?
I love the characters, who are exceedingly diverse. The story is imaginative, full of humor even in the face of terror. Brightly written, with great visuals throughout.
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I've liked Tanya Huff sci fi but never really connected with the characters in this one. Meh.
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I enjoyed it almost as much as I did the first time I read this. I also enjoy seeing the differences with the TV series. Looking forward to the next book! Go Jon! Go Arya!
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Love Jury and Melrose's friendship, and Jury is such a sweetheart, odd for detectives. He's sweet and kind.
Just as compelling as the first time I read it. I did find the differences between the TV version and the book interesting. The changes made sense, especially Drummer for Bull. Great series, great book.
Similar to The THursday Murder Club series, but not as good, since not so much emphasis on the main characters. More centered on the mystery, which was good.
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Grimdark series with betrayal, hatred, black humor, and a ton of flawed characters. The black humor is the draw for me.
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The book is set mostly in Berlin as Hitler begins his plans to declare war. John, a British journalist with a German son, wants to remain in Germany, even though he sees what's coming. He blunders his way into a world of spies as he tries to help friends.
I love the characters of the Bobiverse. This book seemed to drag a bit as our heroes traveled through a huge structure, but the comedic element was, as usual for these books, front and center. And geeky and nerdy to the max.
Okay mystery but nothing to write home about. I see book two got better reviews. Perhaps I'll try that one before giving up on the series.
I enjoyed this at times, got frustrated with it at times, but persevered to the end. Imaginative, but heavy handed at certain points.
For some reason I never really clicked into this book. It wasn't badly written, the characters were pretty well fleshed out, there was lots of action, but it never really engaged me as I like to be engaged. Oh well.
Failed spies get sent to Slough House. Lamb, their leader, is enigmatic, surly and gives no quarter. Cartwright is quite certain he was set up to fail, he just can't figure out who did it. Then: A kid kidnapped and threatened with beheading. Even the slow horses want to get in on the action.
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Currently reading Slow Horses. Hopefully I'll get to at least one more this month.
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I didn't enjoy this episode as much as I did episode one. This takes place on planet so maybe that's why. Hopefully the next book will be better.
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Surprisingly unputdownable story of a family fleeing horror and searching for a safe haven.
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Not my favorite Hamilton but good space opera nonetheless. Aliens! Revolution! Surprises!
This was a very strange book. Alt History, with Europe divided into many tiny states, and our hero a courier who crosses all the guarded boundaries to deliver people and things across borders. But there is another level of reality he's only so far gotten a glimpse of.
Another intriguing and confusing addition to the series. Confusing, in a good way, as you're never sure what will happen next. Lots of character development for Lynly and Havers as well.
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Finished Eyes of the Void for #Doublespin and
Dead and Buried by Stephen Booth for #Bookspin
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Both great reads. :)👍
Difficult entry for the series, with bad things happening to Cooper's life. As usual, the main 'character' is the setting. The moors and the Peak district front and center at the heart of the story.
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Characterization is super. I could almost see them in my mind. The setting, ditto. Atmospheric, creepy, horror done right IMO. The plot and the progression is great, kept me glued to the book. Best book so far this year.
It kept evoking something I already read years ago. I'm not a big horror reader, so enjoying this so much was a surprise.
Just saw that Paramount has options to turn Starter Villain into a movie! Talking dolphins, controlling cats! I hope they follow through!
Welp, I finished it. I found the writing lovely, but really couldn't find a lot of reason to care about the characters who were, I admit, beautifully drawn.
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Strange unkown aliens attacking human worlds for no known reason. A few humans have been altered to 'fight' them. Only a few survived when humanity drove off the aliens. But they didn't win. Just - the aliens left.
Nicely written, very complex and he did a good job clarifying as much as possible.
I love that the attacking aliens are so, uhm, alien.
Really interesting, and intriguing book.
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February picks:
#Bookspin : Believing the Lie - Elizabeth George
#Doublespiin : Eyes of the Void - Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Funny jokes but I like Desth more in later books. Mort not quite so much.
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This is a scary read. It's about Hitler beginning to move on Europe and Austria specifically. It was far too close to current events, in the way Hitler and his cronies acted, for comfort.
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